WALKER v. STATE

No. 29686.

312 S.W.2d 666 (1958)

Ted WALKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney E. Dawson, W. L. Wray, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., H. L. Brotherton, Joe Joiner and A. D. Jim Bowie, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for sodomy; the punishment, 15 years in the penitentiary.

The facts are most revolting and will not be set out in detail. Suffice it is to state that the prosecuting witness was the seven year old daughter of appellant whose competency as a witness was established when called as a witness by the state. Her testimony shows that on or about the 13th day of May, 1957, the date alleged in the indictment, the appellant did...

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